FIRST LOOK The Night Manager

Tom Hiddleston is back as Jonathan Pine, who is now living as Alex Goodwin.

The BBC and Prime Video have unveiled first-look images for the second series of The Night Manager, which returns eight years after its explosive finale, which was watched by over 10 million viewers.

Created and executive produced by David Farr, the second series is based on the characters created by John le Carré and expands the story beyond the source material of the titular novel for the first time.

Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as former British intelligence operative Jonathan Pine. Also returning are Olivia Colman as Angela Burr, Alistair Petrie as Sandy Langbourne, Douglas Hodge as Rex Mayhew, Michael Nardone as Frisky, and Noah Jupe as Daniel Roper.

Jonathan Pine thought he’d buried his past. Now living as Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London, his life is comfortingly uneventful. Then one night a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary prompts a call to action and leads Pine to a violent encounter with a new player, Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos, played by Diego Calva.

On this perilous new journey, Pine meets businesswoman Roxana Bolaños, played by Camila Morrone, who reluctantly helps him infiltrate Teddy’s Colombian arms operation. Once in Colombia, Pine is plunged deep into a deadly plot involving arms and the training of a guerrilla army.

As allegiances splinter, Pine races to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilise a nation. And with betrayal at every turn, he must decide whose trust he needs to earn and how far he’s willing to go before it’s too late.

Series two also welcomes Indira Varma as Mayra, Paul Chahidi as Basil and Hayley Squires as Sally.

Made by The Ink Factory in association with Character 7, Demarest Films and 127 Wall, and in co-production with Spanish collaborator Nostromo Pictures, the new series of The Night Manager has been directed by Georgi Banks-Davies.

The lead executive producer, as on the first series, is Character 7’s Stephen Garrett, and further executive producers include Stephen and Simon Cornwell, Michele Wolkoff, and Tessa Inkelaar for The Ink Factory; Joe Tsai and Arthur Wang for 127 Wall; Adrián Guerra for Nostromo Pictures; Georgi Banks-Davies, Hugh Laurie, and Tom Hiddleston; William D. Johnson for Demarest Films, Nick Cornwell for John le Carré, Susanne Bier, Chris Rice for FIFTH SEASON and Gaynor Holmes for the BBC.

The new series of The Night Manager was filmed in the UK, Spain, Colombia and France and will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK, and on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide (except the UK).

The Night Manager returns soon on BBC One